The disease is spread throughout the lawn in the form of spores. These spores are spread by wind, air, water and humans.

The fungus is contained within the soil penetrating as deep as 12 “ (30 cm). The fungus attacks a central point in your lawn and grows outward.

The fungus can show various symptoms such as:

circular stunted or dead grass zones

darker green zone of grass on outer ring

growth of grass and weeds in the center

mushrooms on the Fairy Ring fungus

whitish fungus located above the soil surface

Control

The turf can be removed and the underlying soil can be replaced. This method is very expensive, difficult and not always effective due to re-infestation.

A more practical method for controlling Fairy Ring is to poke a garden fork into the ring and water the areas heavily. The water floods the disease and carries the Fairy Ring spores away from the grass plants.

Fairy Rings are less noticeable in a well maintained lawn.

Your Kansas City Weed Man can fertilize your lawn and advise you on proper procedures to help mask the problem.

Fairy Ring is difficult to eliminate but Fairy Ring suppression is practical and effective. Call your Kansas City Weed Man for more details at (816) 607-5142!